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We’re back in action and boy how we missed you! This week Marko tells Corrigan about an average Joe thrust into decidedly remarkable circumstances, we deep dive into The Substance, and we discuss some of the bonkers stories from the internet that have been posted on our socials lately!

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the grim end of Brian Wells, the man with a bomb strapped around his neck
[20:40] Mark does some victim blaming, we explain our absence, and we go over some upcoming JoAG stuff including this weekend’s watch-along on October 26th!
[32:10] Robert Roberson’s execution has been delayed! Keep up the pressure!
[39:45] CoRri picks out a classic movie for Mark to watch!
[42:08] What we watched! (Pulse, Dead Man’s Curve, Dead of Night, The Gift, Next of Kin, It’s What’s Inside, Horror in the High Desert, Horror in the High Desert 2, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Substance, Red Rooms, WNUF Halloween Special, Terrifier 3, Azrael)
[1:12:00] We talk about The Substance! No spoilers unless you want to know zero things about the film.
[1:29:40] We share some of the bonkers stories people have shared to our social media lately

Stuff we referenced:

• US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting
• Cheating alleged after men’s world conker champion found with steel chestnut
• ‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say
• Bay Area startup claims it developed 2-way communication between people via dreams
• Disguised GP admits attempted murder poisoning
• Build your own CRISPR solution

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It’s a very special 200th episode live from Corrigan’s backyard at the JoAG x Hellrankers meetup of DOOOOM! That’s right, Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna, along with a few dozen of our listening fam, assembled for a swingin’ shindig where Marko told us about some notable mob hits, and we ranked each entry in the Jaws franchise!

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells us about the rise of organized crime in America and some of the classic MOs for mob hits.
[25:00] We rank the Jaws flicks!

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Marko tells Corrigan about the most prolific peacetime murderer in German history, Mark tries his hand at the NYC sightseeing guide exam, and astronauts stuck on the ISS are giving CoRri anxiety.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about extremely prolific medical murder Niels Högel
[20:35] We discuss whether or not we would exude cool in an art gallery, CoRri’s weird bathroom project
[43:30] Mark attempts a few questions from the NYC Sightseeing Guide exam
[53:30] What we watched! (Key Largo, The Body Snatcher, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Watcher, The Crow, Milk & Serial
[1:21:20] The astronauts stuck in space are freaking CoRri out

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It’s been a long, tough week, so we’re just chillin’, shooting the breeze and talking about the MYRIAD things we’ve watched over the past week and a half. Plus, we talk about a Scream movie without yelling at each other!

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark and CoRri shoot the breeze about getting older, getting drunk, and getting that good sleep
[21:40] What we watched! (Midnight Run, Milk & Serial, Jaws 2, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Rituals, The Boston Strangler, The Funhouse, The Dark Half, Sweet Smell of Success, Scream 2, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Robot Jox, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Cuckoo, Arcadian, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man)

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Having read MORE maritime history this summer, Corrigan tells Marko about the seafarer’s scourge of scurvy, and Mark asks some deep questions about Gremlins.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about scurvy
[49:43] Marko has been “in the wars” and is a bit worse for wear after his holidays; he explains his eye procedure; and at our four year anniversary, we found out some things a human child can do at four years old
[64:30] Cultural exchange!: sticker book edition. Plus, is James Marsden’s career weird?
[78:00] What we watched! (Edge of the City, In the Heat of the Night, The Slumber Party Massacre, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Mister Creep, Beast, Source Code, Night of the Zombies, Inside Out 2, Gremlins 2, Oddity, Alien: Romulus
[1:53:50] Romulus spoilers
[1:58:51] We discuss some pressing questions about the Mogwai/Gremlin life cycle!

Stuff we referenced:

• A Nightmare Disease Haunted Ships During Age of Discovery
• Scurvy: By the End, Death is a Mercy
• James Lind: The man who helped to cure scurvy with lemons
• History of scurvy and use of vitamin C in critical illness: A narrative review.

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Marko is on vacation with is fam, so Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna of the Hellrankers podcast join Corrigan to discuss an 18th century alleged butt stabber, cryptids, a HUGE murder debunking, and more!

Highlights:

[0:00] Steve and Anna tell Corrigan about the butt stabbin’ menace known as the London Monster
[40:40] We discuss monster theory, cryptids, conspiracy theory, and what a gigantic weirdo RFK Jr. is.
[54:00] We introduce Steve and Anna’s podcast, Hellrankers!
[66:30] CoRri found out some wild news about famous serial killer H.H. Holmes this week, and we talk about why we often get history so wrong
[93:30] What we watched! (All the Back to the Futures, Wild Wild West, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Deadware, Twister, Raising Arizona, Hot Rod, Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, The Palm Royale, Butterfly Kisses)

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There’s nothing Marko loves more than a good bit of brain weirdness, so this week he tells Corrigan about Anton-Babinski syndrome: A rare disorder where your eyes can see but your brain can’t.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Anton-Babinski Syndrome
[28:20] Mark asks ChatGPT to describe Jack of All Graves. The results might surprise you! Plus, CoRri’s birthday is coming up, Mark’s going to Bulgaria, and we have a chat about terrible brand names
[44:55] Watch-along coming up so send us your NYC horror recommendations! It’s almost our anniversary and Steve and Anna of Hellrankers are coming to ‘cast with Corrigan next week!
[58:10] New Elm Street 4k coming, we’re into Fede things, and what we watched! (Alien: Romulus, Waterworld, Trap, Back to the Future)
[1:28:00] Mark speedruns through a list of mildly troubling questions for CoRri to answer